Tuesday, March 27, 2012

I was there first

When I saw this photo I thought it looked pleasantly familiar -- in a very brief visit to Lisbon in 2007, an afternoon ashore from a cruise ship, we had strolled through a seedy (no, I mean picturesque) old part of town with very similar buildings.

Then I happened to be looking through my pictures from that trip and what did I find....

photo by Kathleen Loomis
Sure, his picture is better. He probably waited around all afternoon for the cars to leave -- or maybe he paid them to clear out. And he crouched down a bit so the lamp ended up higher.

But what fun to see that nobody has bothered to paint the building in the last five years! And to realize that I was there first.

This is pretty cool. While I agree that his photo is better in several ways, I like the colors in yours better. That green curtain in the building in the back adds a great splash of color in your photo and in his it is drawn to the side and not as interesting.

Photoshop. I expect that if there were cars and/or people that they were removed with Photoshop. Although the temporary fencing and crime-scene tape (including a length seemingly stretching from the hydrant to . . . somewhere) suggest maybe people and vehicles were banned or discouraged.

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Kathleen Loomis

About me

I make abstract art -- usually with a needle but sometimes with a pen, brush or camera, scissors and glue, pliers and wirecutters, whatever is there. I have a husband, two sons, seven sewing machines, a big messy studio and lots of other people's art. Life is good!